Jewel box

[Paul Haese]

A very short imaging run near dawn on this target. I used 5 minute subs and gathered 25 minutes in each channel. I could do with more data, but I am pretty happy with this image from so little data.

The image is a little clipped at the black point but I really needed a luminence layer to get the black point up.

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Comments welcome.

[AlexN]

I like it Paul... showing some irregular shaped stars in some areas still, but the focus/guiding and composition look good..

[Liz]

Beautiful Paul, thats great :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[seanliddelow]

Great image Paul :thumbsup:,

Is the bluish light due to a refelection nebula in the region of the
Jewel Box? Or is it just the camera optics? :help:

[telecasterguru]

Paul,

I think the field looks perfectly flat across the whole image and so am impressed.

Colour spread is very good.

Frank

[Paul Haese]

Sean, I think I had some dew on the optics and I am just enhancing the blue in the stars only. I don't think there is any nebulosity in the Jewel Box, but I could be wrong.

Thanks all for the comments.

[AlexN]

as far as I know there is no nebulosity associated with the Jewel box... Dew on the optics is likely the culprit to the blue glow around the little cluster of mostly blue stars..

[jase]

Need to get a little more crafty Paul - synth lum it. Processing is about getting the most from the data you've acquired. Place all R,G,B subs into a combined set (not the masters!). I typically alter the weight of the G subs(lower it - easy to do after normalisation in CCDStack), but its optional. This aside, a pleasing rendition of this cluster. The lum would probably make the stars pop a little more. Well done.

[Paul Haese]

Thanks Jase, looks like more reading still.;) Thanks for the tips.

[gregbradley]

Fabulous image Paul. I found the Jewel Box a very hard target to image and look great like your image. Well done.

Greg.

[Ric]

Very nice indeed Paul.

Your image shows exactly why it's called the "Jewel Box"

[CoolhandJo]

I've seen some shots of this that do not look as vibrant! Well done.